The Division 2 State Of The Game Recap 7/10 - TU5 Episode 1 Release Changes, Plus More PTS Updates And Skill Changes

Ubisoft has released the latest State of the Game livestream for The Division 2. Find out all the tackled topics right here. Ubisoft

Another week has passed for The Division 2 , and with it another State of the Game recap, where the developers talk about some of the biggest news and updates that came in the last week.

For this week’s recap, Ubisoft announced a release date for the first episode of Title Update 5, another chunk of content that awaits The Division 2’s many players. Episode 1 will be arriving sooner for Year 1 Pass holders, as they will be able to play it on July 23. For all remaining players, the release date is set at the end of the month, on July 30.

Check out the State of the Game full stream below for the whole thing, followed by a quick recap after the jump. Also, be sure to check out our previous State of the Game recap here, where various PTS updates were discussed, as well as updates to the crafting and recalibration in-game.

Title Update 5 – Episode 1 Release Date

Year 1 Pass holders have seven days early access to narrative content for Episode 1 starting on July 23

Early Access Release:

On July 23 the two new main missions and the first Investigation Area of Kenly College will be available to Year 1 Pass owners.

Regular access:

Starting July 23, all balance changes will be available for all The Division 2 players, with or without the Year One pass.

On July 30, the two new main missions and the first two Investigation Areas of Kenly College will open up for all The Division 2 players.

Episode 1 Content

The two new main missions not only offer new gameplay and loot, they also wrap up the narrative on two storylines.

In the National Zoo, you'll be hunting down Emeline Shaw, the leader of the Outcasts who has now barricaded herself in the Zoo.

Camp White Oak is a presidential retreat and Andrew Ellis has Black Tusk reinforcements protecting him from the Division. You'll have to chase him down, dead or alive.

To access these missions, you will have to be in World Tier 5.

Expeditions

The first investigation area of the Expedition opens for Year 1 Pass owners on July 23 at Kenly Library.

On July 30, the library will still be open for investigation while the second investigation area, Kenly Metro Station, will open up.

Week 3, starting on August 6 all investigation areas will be open, including the third area at Kenly Student Union.

Expedition and Mastery System

Expeditions will have a weekly cadence for wings to open at first, but the dev team is still investigating how the rotation will work afterwards.

The Mastery system is still in the works as the dev teams believe the system can add another layer to the expedition experience, but isn't ready to implement it with TU5.

Stay tuned for an update on progress and how the system will look.

Operation Dark Hours raid difficulty

The new Discovery difficulty mode for the Operation Dark Hours raid will be available on July 23 for all players.

The loot for this new difficulty is still being finalized. Stay tuned!

PTS Updates

Remember to go to the forums and fill out the surveys if you participated in the PTS testing.

Some players couldn't not join the PTS due to their profiles not loading properly, causing them to receive ECHO-02 errors.

To allow as many players as possible to join, the dev team deleted all player profiles and offered the template agents instead.

Many changes have been made for the second testing phase on the PTS, a full list of Patch Notes can be found on the forums.

Skill Updates

The Skill Cooldown Minimum Hard Cap of 10 seconds has been lowered to three seconds for all skills, except the Chem Launcher which will be at eight seconds.

BTSU Gloves:

Fixed several bad behaviors and synergies related to the Pulse status effect.

No longer creates an explosion when quick-deployed or when thrown at close distance.

Grenades:

Increased the radius of the Gunner's Riot Foam Grenade from two meters to three meters.